Métis fiddle

Summary

Métis fiddle is a set of living instrumental and dance traditions belonging to Métis communities, particularly across the Métis Nation Homeland and connected regions. Fiddle tunes, rhythmic phrasing and jigging participate in cultural identity rather than simply illustrating a mixture of European and Indigenous ingredients. The Red River Jig is a widely recognized reference, but local repertoires and ways of playing vary. This is not a generic name for any Indigenous fiddler or all Canadian old-time music. Community transmission and the relation between player and dancer give the tradition its social and musical specificity.

Contemporary and trending

The music continues through family and community learning, celebrations, dance, teaching, recordings and contemporary performers. Métis institutions support educational repertoire and the transmission of tunes for dancers, while players also compose and interpret new material. Public competitions and stage performances make particular aspects visible without representing every community setting. Cultural continuity includes ordinary participation, not only virtuoso display. Listening benefits from hearing a dance-associated performance in its social context and recognizing that a highly polished commercial fiddle style is not the sole measure by which the tradition should be understood.

History

Métis musical histories developed within communities shaped by kinship, trade, mobility and relations among Indigenous and settler peoples. Fiddle and dance resources were made into locally recognizable practices rather than merely assembled once and left unchanged. The Red River region is a significant historical reference, while communities farther west and north sustained their own lines of transmission. Oral learning preserved variation that notation and competition categories can flatten. Later recording and institutional work helped document and circulate these approaches, with community authority remaining central to their interpretation.

Musical characteristics

Listen for the way a player shapes repeated phrases and coordinates the tune with dancers' steps. Some settings use uneven phrase lengths or accents that do not fit a standardized contest arrangement. A tune called a jig need not correspond exactly to an Irish six-eight genre: local naming and dance practice matter. Foot rhythm and accompaniment can reinforce the physical motion without replacing the fiddle's phrasing. Comparing versions of the Red River Jig reveals how personal and community choices remain audible within a familiar shared repertoire rather than one mandatory written setting.

Geography and communities

A broad prairie and parkland landscape connects Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta Métis communities, including rural and smaller settlements between prominent public centers. Northern connections and communities around the international border require additional lighter fields because distances and histories differ. Winnipeg or Batoche alone would be inadequate substitutes for this cultural geography. The map illustrates a musical network rather than asserting legal territorial boundaries, determining anyone's identity or treating every place within a large circle as culturally uniform. It keeps the Homeland-centered continuity visible while acknowledging meaningful regional variation.

Artists

John Arcand and Andy de Jarlis offer distinctive routes into playing, repertoire and public transmission. Other community fiddlers, dancers and family teachers are equally central even when their work is less heavily represented in commercial catalogues. The Gabriel Dumont Institute's described performances and educational resources provide ways to compare traditional Métis approaches with other Canadian fiddle styles. Listen for what changes when a tune is played specifically for jigging rather than as a concert showpiece. That comparison foregrounds practical musical knowledge without ranking one setting as culturally superior.

Representative performances

These recordings offer listening examples of the genre. Notes identify the performance setting and any adaptation or mixed repertoire.

MuGlobe listening profile

Repertoire	Field use	Notes
traditional	regional	Comprehensive catalogue; recent discovery is prioritized and worthwhile older music remains playable. Preserve specific recording contexts and dates.

MuGlobe representative performances

Artist	Performance / song / title	Embedded player URL	Notes	Repertoire kind	Repertoire date	Recording date	Format	Opening	Places	Fit	Evidence	Review note	MuGlobe favorite	Current hit	Authentic
Richard Lafferty, Gilbert Anderson, Homer Poitras, Gary Lepine, Mel Bedard and John Arcand	Red River Jig — different versions	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_CtPQTJc_TA	The Gabriel Dumont Institute documents six fiddlers at the Edmonton launch of Drops of Brandy. Their successive interpretations make variation within Métis fiddling audible rather than presenting one definitive version.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble	Lucky Trapper Reel	https://www.youtube.com/embed/SDPvD7W4_6Y	An archival upload of the recorded fiddle piece from Spirit of the Strings offers a later-generation listening comparison. The source identifies the recording rather than claiming that the uploader is the musician. Embedded playback is currently unavailable (YouTube code 150); the recording reference is retained.	traditional	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	unknown	pending	Existing recording	Playback blocked: YouTube embedding error 150 observed 20 October 2026. Legacy unscoped accepted recording retained; migration does not assert new dates or per-country variants. Existing musical notes and native citations are preserved.	false	false	false
V’ni Dansi musical ensemble	Vni Dansi - Métis sash dance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/GYjpMUfzPqs	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2026-07-18; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Cowichan Valley Bluegrass Festival. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Fox Pickard; Beaver Hills Ball ensemble	The Duck Dance at the Beaver Hills Ball	https://www.youtube.com/embed/eED4wKsZ8E8	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Kikino Northern Lites. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Primary troupe identifies actual fiddler Fox Pickard in Duck Dance performance; Kikino Northern Lites dancers not substituted for the musician. Video publication: 2026-03-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2026	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Kikino Northern Lites. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2026. Primary troupe identifies actual fiddler Fox Pickard in Duck Dance performance; Kikino Northern Lites dancers not substituted for the musician.	false	false	false
Alex Kusturok	Red River Jig	https://www.youtube.com/embed/tfpyXv5UE4k	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Alex Kusturok - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2024-05-03; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Primary artist’s Red River Jig album recording; release2024 not automatically session. Earlier group-project edition held as possible same-master alternate. Video publication: 2024-05-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	audio	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Alex Kusturok - Topic. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Distributor release date: 2024-05-03; reissue dates do not establish the original session. Primary artist’s Red River Jig album recording; release2024 not automatically session. Earlier group-project edition held as possible same-master alternate.	false	false	false
Michael Audette Band; Larry Martineau	The Michael Audette Band featuring Larry Martineau (Ste. Madeleine Métis Days 2023)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/t_RPDzLWsjU	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brett Douglas McDowell. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Primary family record identifies former Métis teacher Larry actually guesting with band; digital-clipping limitation disclosed by source, not a spoken teaching video. Video publication: 2023-07-27; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2023	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brett Douglas McDowell. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2023. Primary family record identifies former Métis teacher Larry actually guesting with band; digital-clipping limitation disclosed by source, not a spoken teaching video.	false	false	false
Alex Kusturok	Red River Jig Alex Kusturok Fiddle Fest 2022	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IvI1RpKPKN4	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: B.C. Old Time Fiddlers Branch #7. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2022-09-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: B.C. Old Time Fiddlers Branch #7. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
The Pas Métis fiddlers (individuals uncredited)	Metis Fiddlers @ Indigenous Day Celebrations 2022	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0_95DkDVnCg	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: The Pas Arts Council. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2022-06-24; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2022	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: The Pas Arts Council. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2022. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Patti Kusturok	The Blue Fiddle - Patti Kusturok Plays Manitoba Fiddle Tunes	https://www.youtube.com/embed/V6ORqRYAvVg	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary identifies Reg Bouvette composition The Blue Fiddle in Manitoba repertoire. The instrument’s color not a new musical genre. Video publication: 2021-05-29; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary identifies Reg Bouvette composition The Blue Fiddle in Manitoba repertoire. The instrument’s color not a new musical genre.	false	false	false
Alex Kusturok	YSG 2021 Alex Kusturok Fiddling Performance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/ha80pq3R3D0	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: AB Métis Youth. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2021-03-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2021	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: AB Métis Youth. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2021. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
CUMFI Métis Cultural Days fiddle ensemble	Metis Cultural Days Virtual Fiddle Finale 2020	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IBTJerE29gc	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2020-10-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2020	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Alex Kusturok	Alex Kusturok - Old Metis Style Jigging Tunes	https://www.youtube.com/embed/dkJwjROdBMc	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2020-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2020	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Dean Smith	Dean Smith - Big John McNeil, St. Anne's Reel & Paul's Jig	https://www.youtube.com/embed/lLHm9NgMIHc	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2020-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2020	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Brianna Lizotte	Brianna Lizotte - Black Jack Whiskey & Rubber Dolly	https://www.youtube.com/embed/gmUToGGbFgA	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2020-09-25; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2020	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Metis Cultural Days. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble	Sierra Noble Festival du Voyageur 2020	https://www.youtube.com/embed/6ZIT8QJyoDY	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brian Campbell. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Festival du Voyageur/Louis Riel Day Métis-style fiddle performance with Kadanse jigging; dancers not credited as singers. Video publication: 2020-02-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2020	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brian Campbell. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2020. Festival du Voyageur/Louis Riel Day Métis-style fiddle performance with Kadanse jigging; dancers not credited as singers.	false	false	false
Ryan D’Aoust	Day 4 - Ryan D’Aoust - 2019 Canadian Fiddlers’ Advent Calendar	https://www.youtube.com/embed/6k_ngZA77zc	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Frontier School Division community fiddle-program performer’s musical Advent rendition, not teacher’s spoken class; regionally documented tradition, no invented piece title. Video publication: 2019-12-04; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Frontier School Division community fiddle-program performer’s musical Advent rendition, not teacher’s spoken class; regionally documented tradition, no invented piece title.	false	false	false
Tristen Durocher	Metis Fiddle - “Victors 39th”	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0r1At_Em7P0	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Tristen Durocher. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2019-05-17; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Tristen Durocher. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Cat’s Eye; Angus Beaulieu	AGA 2017: Cat's Eye and Angus Beaulieu	https://www.youtube.com/embed/A5ViCaPbER4	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Northwest Territory Métis Nation. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2018-02-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2017	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Northwest Territory Métis Nation. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2017. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Calvin Vollrath; Daphne Favel	Metis Spring Festival 2015	https://www.youtube.com/embed/bD7ZRa2YXqY	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Delia Memnook-Whitford. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015. Primary identifies Calvin on fiddle and Daphne participating in festival presentation; musical versus dance roles not conflated. Video publication: 2015-05-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2015	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Delia Memnook-Whitford. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2015. Primary identifies Calvin on fiddle and Daphne participating in festival presentation; musical versus dance roles not conflated.	false	false	false
Patti Kusturok	Day 19 - Red River Jig - Patti Kusturok's 365 Days of Fiddle Tunes	https://www.youtube.com/embed/VwONvhZOCqE	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary explicitly identifies Manitoba Métis Red River Jig and Andy DeJarlis/Reg Bouvette variants; dedication recipient James not an invented current performer. Video publication: 2015-01-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary explicitly identifies Manitoba Métis Red River Jig and Andy DeJarlis/Reg Bouvette variants; dedication recipient James not an invented current performer.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble	Sierra Noble ?Warriors Lament? Sept 28,2013	https://www.youtube.com/embed/wf6TuKDSO5o	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ebooAngel72. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-09-28. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2013-10-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2013-09-28	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ebooAngel72. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2013-09-28. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Patti Lamoureux; Jeremy Rusu	Patti Lamoureux & Jeremy Rusu - Andy DeJarlis Jig Medley	https://www.youtube.com/embed/wv9C8a_tLr0	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary explicitly identifies Andy DeJarlis jig repertoire: Romeo’sFirstChange/LadyDoSiDo/HousePartyJig/ScotchStyleJig. Not a blanket Québécois or Cape Breton fiddle classification. Video publication: 2013-07-07; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary explicitly identifies Andy DeJarlis jig repertoire: Romeo’sFirstChange/LadyDoSiDo/HousePartyJig/ScotchStyleJig. Not a blanket Québécois or Cape Breton fiddle classification.	false	false	false
Alex Lamoureux	Alex Lamoureux - Metis Style - Manitoba Fiddle Association Championships	https://www.youtube.com/embed/est9NN-ke_E	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brendan Chartrand. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2012-10-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brendan Chartrand. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Alex Lamoureux; Patti Lamoureux	Alex & Patti Lamoureux - Twin Fiddles - Manitoba Fiddle Association Championships	https://www.youtube.com/embed/58ocVlTufeE	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brendan Chartrand. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2012-10-02; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Brendan Chartrand. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Alex Carriere	Alex Carriere-Red River Jig	https://www.youtube.com/embed/zadbhh0fWio	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: monsterguitars1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2012-09-20; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: monsterguitars1. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Patti Lamoureux; Kimberley Holmes	Patti Lamoureux - Andy DeJarlis Fiddle Medley	https://www.youtube.com/embed/gKRWrFsxQDo	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012. Actual Andy DeJarlis medley with Kimberley Holmes piano, primary Camp Calvin2012 recording. Video publication: 2012-09-06; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2012	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2012. Actual Andy DeJarlis medley with Kimberley Holmes piano, primary Camp Calvin2012 recording.	false	false	false
Fiddleground	'FIDDLEGROUND' Performs 'Metis Nation Ontario' Christmas Gala 2011	https://www.youtube.com/embed/PZXdMXqcPEM	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: David Finkle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2011-12-13; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2011	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: David Finkle. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Métis Week Bold Center fiddlers (individuals uncredited)	Métis Week fiddling	https://www.youtube.com/embed/2h7VzN8U_Yg	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ROB McKinley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011-11-12. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2011-11-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2011-11-12	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ROB McKinley. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2011-11-12. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
James Cheechoo; Daisy Cheechoo; Treena Cheechoo	4th Metis Heritage Celebration Fiddler James Cheechoo	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IbZ1wc73rO0	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ODRMCMetis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2010-06-27. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2010-12-26; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2010-06-27	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: ODRMCMetis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2010-06-27. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Patti Lamoureux	Patti Lamoureux - Harrington Valley Two-Step & The Road To Anglin Lake	https://www.youtube.com/embed/-_49PNvUZEE	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009. Actual Harrington ValleyTwoStep/RoadToAnglinLake Manitoba fiddle repertoire, distinct named works. Camp/upload not a new composition date. Video publication: 2010-12-09; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2009	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Patti Kusturok. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2009. Actual Harrington ValleyTwoStep/RoadToAnglinLake Manitoba fiddle repertoire, distinct named works. Camp/upload not a new composition date.	false	false	false
Métis Nation Alberta talent-show fiddlers (individuals uncredited)	Métis Nation Alberta Talent Show (2)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/iAmjtqqw96A	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: nahometis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered community fiddle performances, not whole diverse talent show or publisher assumed as musician.2009 event branding distinct from2010 upload. Video publication: 2010-04-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: nahometis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered community fiddle performances, not whole diverse talent show or publisher assumed as musician.2009 event branding distinct from2010 upload.	false	false	false
Métis Nation Alberta talent-show fiddlers (individuals uncredited)	Métis Nation Alberta Talent Show 2009 (1)	https://www.youtube.com/embed/h1CKvEJVKEk	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: nahometis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered community fiddle performances, not whole diverse talent show or publisher assumed as musician.2009 event branding distinct from2010 upload. Video publication: 2010-04-19; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: nahometis. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual separately numbered community fiddle performances, not whole diverse talent show or publisher assumed as musician.2009 event branding distinct from2010 upload.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble; Scott Senior	Sierra Noble Fiddles in Wolseley	https://www.youtube.com/embed/_zRKiqlu6KM	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: eyedzproductions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2009-10-30; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: eyedzproductions. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble; Donny Parenteau	Sierra Noble and Donny Parenteau	https://www.youtube.com/embed/9U5nGjYV4QM	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Graeme Mather. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2008-11-12; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: Graeme Mather. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false
Métis Fiddle Stories ensemble	Ruby John Metis Fiddle Stories Performance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/OnPrTOA1NEg	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary participant roster includes Conlin, Nicholaus, Alyssa Delbrae-SawChuk, Alicia Boor, Nora Pellerin, Ruby John, Matthew Contois and Ryan D’Aoust. Actual St Anne’s Reel/BigJohnMcNeil musical performance, publisher not sole musician. Video publication: 2008-06-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Primary participant roster includes Conlin, Nicholaus, Alyssa Delbrae-SawChuk, Alicia Boor, Nora Pellerin, Ruby John, Matthew Contois and Ryan D’Aoust. Actual St Anne’s Reel/BigJohnMcNeil musical performance, publisher not sole musician.	false	false	false
Métis Fiddle Stories ensemble; John Arcand	Ruby John Metis Fiddle Stories Performance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/0W6HG66rEik	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Harry Daniel’s with John Arcand in Toronto, distinct named work from other clips, not another edit of Red River Jig. Video publication: 2008-06-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Harry Daniel’s with John Arcand in Toronto, distinct named work from other clips, not another edit of Red River Jig.	false	false	false
Métis Fiddle Stories ensemble; James Cheechoo; Daisy Cheechoo; Lawrence Cheechoo	Ruby John Metis Fiddle Stories Performance	https://www.youtube.com/embed/BBapxqzpfxU	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Kwiskhegun musical collaboration. Family musicians explicitly identified, separate from other Fiddle Stories works. Video publication: 2008-06-16; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	unknown	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: RubyJohn17. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Actual Kwiskhegun musical collaboration. Family musicians explicitly identified, separate from other Fiddle Stories works.	false	false	false
Sierra Noble	Sierra Noble - Amazing Metis Fiddler	https://www.youtube.com/embed/IAgGyEM60bo	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: photofiddler. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2007. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher. Video publication: 2007-08-22; original-release and performance dates are separate. Advancing embedded playback checked 20 October 2026.	traditional	unknown	2007	live	unknown	country:Canada; country:United States	supported	Recording/context source	Reviewed Métis fiddle musical recording. Source: photofiddler. Video publication is separate from unknown original/session dates. Documented performance/session: 2007. Actual Métis fiddle/dance repertoire in documented community or named traditional-work context. Connected northern-border Métis community repertoire, not a claim that all Canadian/Indigenous/American old-time fiddling is this genre; actual player distinguished from dancer/publisher.	false	false	false

Related genres

Québécois traditional, Scottish-associated fiddle and other regional repertoires provide historical relationships without reducing Métis music to derivatives of them. Old-time, Cape Breton fiddle and other Canadian fiddle traditions are useful comparisons with their own social histories. Powwow music belongs to a different performance formation. Shared instruments or Indigenous identity alone do not justify merging distinct practices into one category.

Hotspot mushrooms

Métis fiddle connects prairie/parkland communities across a Homeland-centered cultural network, with meaningful northern and borderland extensions. Broad fields include intervening rural communities and family transmission without making Winnipeg or Batoche stand for the whole tradition or claiming legal territorial precision.

These fields are editorial illustrations of musical affinity and cultural reach, not listener statistics. Radius marks the zero edge of the fade; overlapping fields of this genre combine by maximum.

MuGlobe hotspot mushrooms

ID	Location	Latitude	Longitude	Radius (km)	Strength	Notes
metis-fiddle-prairie-parkland	Métis prairie and parkland fiddle landscapes	52	-105	1800	1	Connected Manitoba/Saskatchewan/Alberta musical communities include rural and smaller settlements.
metis-fiddle-northern-connections	Northern Métis fiddle transmission landscapes	59	-115	1100	0.59	A distinct northern community network warrants a lighter broad field.
metis-fiddle-borderlands	Northern plains Métis fiddle borderland connections	48	-100	800	0.62	Cross-border community and dance relationships extend beyond a national line.